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Since the middle of the 13th century, this square, named
after William II, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke
of Luxembourg, has accommodated the church and the monastery
of the order of St. Francis. In common parlance the square
is also called "Knuedler" - derived from the Luxembourgish
word "Knued" denoting the knot in the belt of the Franciscan
friars. In 1797 the French seized the monastery with all
its grounds and disposed of it part by part. In the following
centuries the whole cluster of edifices was pulled down
and the square redesigned.
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